Day: April 21, 2019

Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty. Careless treatment of animals is unhealthy for both the pet and the child involved. Choosing an Appropriate Pet While all kinds of pets can bring children pleasure, it is important to choose a pet that is right for your family, your home, and your lifestyle; and one that your child can help care for. Since 2004, all EU Member States apply the same rules for travelling with dogs, cats and ferrets. Some Member States, however, impose additional conditions. For travelling to third countries and back, the conditions of the country of destination are applicable together with those for re-entry into Belgium.

In custody cases, judges have started talking about the best interests of the cat and which home it would be better in, which you would never do for a couch or a lamp. If a cat or a dog is killed, owners are starting to be able to sue for mental suffering and loss of companionship, which traditionally have applied only to spouses and children. You are really seeing this revolution taking place in the legal system as well as in our homes.

One of the people I talked to was a Pepperdine University law professor named Richard Cupp He’s actually a big animal personâ€”he has dogs that he considers members of the familyâ€”but he is very concerned about this idea of granting pets rights and considering them people in the eyes of the law. Regarding the marking – Member States shall authorise the movement into their territory of dogs, cats and ferrets marked by a clearly readable tattoo if applied before 3 July 2011.

You’re probably familiar with all the typical categories of pet devotees. Dog and cat lovers are so devoted to their favored species that it’s been … Read more